VANCOUVER — Weather continues to play havoc with the Olympic skiing schedule.

The men’s downhill became the second event to be postponed at the Vancouver Games due to a course left slushy after heavy rains and warm temperatures. The event has been rescheduled for tomorrow.

The slopes are a mushy mess after days of rain and elevated temperatures. The women’s super combined, originally scheduled for today, has been reschedule for Thursday.

The delay helps U.S. skiing star Lindsey Vonn as she recovers from a bruised right shin. She will not compete now until Wednesday in the downhill, her best event. She may have her first training run today if the weather cooperates. The rules state there must be a practice run before the competition.

Yesterday was another dreary day, overcast with temperatures in the 40s. Bad weather has always been an issue in Whistler because of its proximity to the Pacific Ocean.

“Our first concern,” men’s race director Guenter Hujara said, “is having the best possible conditions and the best safety we can deliver for the athletes.”

* Figure skater Johnny Weir talked about staying in a hotel in Vancouver because he did not like the experience of the Olympic Village four years ago. But he changed his mind after receiving what he called “very serious threats” from anti-fur activists.

Weir is staying the Olympic Village, sharing a two-bedroom suite with ice dancer Tanith Belbin. He said arranging security at a hotel would have been too difficult.

Animal-rights activists grew angry with Weir last month when he wore white fox fur on the left shoulder of his costume at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

* The U.S. women’s hockey team opens up play today against China. The American women are expected to fight Canada for the gold medal here. The Canadians won the gold in 2006 but the U.S. team has won the World Championships in each of the last two years, defeating Canada in the final both times. — With AP